Studio Ghibli Co-Authored Ni no Kuni Confirmed for Western Release

Developer Level-5 hopes to introduce more of its original properties to Western audiences.

According to an interview in the latest Nintendo Power (via Joystiq), Professor Layton developer Level-5 plans to bring a lot more of its titles over to the U.S. in the near future.

Titles like the soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven and the Studio Ghibli collaboration Ni no Kuni were mentioned by name, though the developers provided no specific release window. "I don't think it will that be long before you're able to play these games," Level-5 president Akihiro Hino told Nintendo Power.

They're already on their second Inazuma Eleven game overseas, but Ni no Kuni isn't scheduled to hit Japan until the end of this year on the DS -- and even later next year for the jaw-dropping PlayStation 3 version. It's a pretty safe bet we won't see anything on our shores until well after that.